Consolationism and Comparative African Philosophy

Beyond Universalism and Particularism
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-77620-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in African Philosophy

In a major challenge to African philosophy, this book demonstrates the importance of the universalisation question for every committed African philosopher. Rooted in Africa’s colonial legacy, the universalisation question challenges the African thinker to show how authentically African philosophical concepts and phenomena can be universally applicable in a globalising world.

In this highly original book, the author inserts the philosophy of consolationism into African philosophical discourse, constructing a unique philosophical system that is at once African and universally relevant. The book engages major African and Western philosophers of diverse ideological leanings in a compelling dialogue that announces the future of world philosophy as one of interculturality, in which a common philosophical horizon is forged out of the cultural diversities of the world for the edification of humanity in a continually changing world.

This book will be an important read for researchers in the fields of African Studies, intercultural philosophy, philosophy of mind, and existentialism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agada, Ada

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: The universalism-particularism conundrum revisited 1. Ethnophilosophy in the African philosophical canon 2. The perennial challenge: Transcending the universalism-particularism divide 3. Transcending the universalism-particularism divide: The challenge of consolationism Part Two: Consolation philosophy 4. The consolationist system 5. On God and nature 6. Homo melancholicus Part Three: Cross-cultural and comparative philosophy 7. Cross-cultural and comparative philosophy as moral conversation 8. Consolation philosophy’s challenge to German philosophy and Western existentialist thought 9.The intellectual love of God in a comparative context

Über Autor(innen)

Ada Agada is a Nigerian philosopher and author of Existence and Consolation: Reinventing Ontology, Gnosis, and Values in African Philosophy, a 2015 CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) award winner. He was educated in Nigeria and has held research fellowships in Africa and Europe. He has published widely in international publishing outlets and has also taught philosophy courses in Africa and Europe. He is currently a senior researcher at the Conversational School of Philosophy (CSP), Calabar, Nigeria.